Grip-slide retainer.



u'r. HAMMOND.

GRIP SLIDE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16,1913.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915;

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WITNESSES V GRANT HAMMOND, 0F HARTFORD, CONNEC TICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ALVA C.

WASHIBURNE, or rrrrsmntn, MASSACHUSETTS, AND ONE-THIRD TO FREDERICK G.

CRANE, OF DALTON, MfLSSACHUSETTS.

GEE-SLIDE RETAIN ER 1,iss,2s1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Original application filed {)ctober 25, 1912, Serial No. 727,694. Divided and this application filed July 18, 1913. Serial No. 779,271.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GRANT HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved GripSlicle Retainer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to devices for retaining the grip slides of the handles of pistols removably in position, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a, device of this class that shall be simple in construction and operation and el fective for the purpose intended. I

One form of device embodying my invention, and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as Well as others, may be attained, is illnstra ted in the accompanying di vyings, in vvliich-- Figure l is a. in side elevation of the lower portion 0. tin: handle of a, pistol em bodying my invention. l j. a, viewin lengthwte section throng. the same. Fig. 3 is a View in. cross section ll igh the han- (lle.

In th ncrnmpan the nil-- rneral den s t' e l a. Whole in clnding iiont a edge "i. These edges are n t,- torni dovetail shaped groove ext! len' tlnvlh of the thereof, and grip handle on opposite rd in those grooves.

slides or plates arc being slid to place the lower end of the handle. These p may he formed of Wood, rubber or o A proper material, and they have u es to lit within the dovetail .s. Holes are formed throng; ates immediately opiwsin a pin. 9 when the grips a e he handle, this elec s i shown. being :1 a hole in ihrj- 1 Did: no in actuating springs in innate-ll. lirip plate retainin; pins ll are located Within tile chanr her in the slot pin. the ends fprming a lip to retain the said sleeve pin.

It will be noted that the pressure of the spring 12 forces the ends 13 of the retaining pins into the holes in the grip plates, and when it is desired to remove the grips. pressure upon the ends of the pins will move them inwardly to a sutficientdegree to permit the grip plates to be removed, the retaining pins being always held in the sleeve pin 9 by the lips thereon. The sleeve pin may be employed, if desired, to hold other parts, as the plug 10, against which one of the actuating springs rests.

The invention forming the subject matter of this application was originally included in my co-pending application of S. No. 727,694, filed October 25th, 1912, from which the matter has been divided out to form the basis for this application.

While I have illustrated and described herein mechanism embodying my invention in the preferred form this may be departed from to a greater or lesser extent and yet be within the spirit and intent of the invention.

I claim-- 1. A firearm including a. frame having retaining grooves, grips slidable into said grooves, pins arranged to engage said grips to prevent them from sliding movement and a single spring resting against said pins to force them into engagement with said grips.

2. A firearm including a handle having retaining grooves on opposite sides thereof, a sleeve mounted in the handle, spring seated pins located in said sleeve and forced in opposite directions, grips sliiiable into said grooves and having openings to receive the ends of said pins, and means for holding the, pins ivilhin said sleeve.

3. A firearm including a handle hiring retaining groo es on opposite sides there oi a. sleeve mounted in the handle, spring seated pins located in said sleeve and ll3\'-- ing enlarged ends over which the edges of the sleeve are spun to hold the pins in place. a spring: thrusting against the inner ends of said pins. and grips slidal le into d grooves and l ng openings to recei e the pins in place in pin extending through said ineniber to hold it in place, said handle havin retaining grooves located on opposite si es thereof, spring seated pins located in said sleeve, grips slidable into said grooves and having openings to receive the ends of said pins, and means for yieldingly holding the pins within said sleeves.

5. A firearm including a handle having 10 retaining grooves on opposite sides thereof, a sleeve mounted in the handle, pins located in said sleeve, means for forcing the pins in opposite directions and grips slidable into said grooves and'having openings to receive'the ends of said pins.

GRANT HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, E. H. EATON. 

